Title: Famous Brown Derby Red Velvet Cake and Icing
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
Yield: 10 servings
2 1/2 c Cake flour
1/2 ts Salt
3 tb Instant cocoa mix
1/2 c Butter
1 1/2 c White sugar
2 Eggs
2 oz Red food coloring
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Buttermilk
1 tb White vinegar
1 ts Soda
Icing (never hardens):
4 tb Flour
1 c Sweet milk
1 c Sugar
1 Margarine
1/2 c Non liquid shortening
3 ts Vanilla
1/4 ts Salt
Sift together flour, salt, instant cocoa mix. Cream
butter and sugar. When well creamed beat in whole eggs one
at a time. Blend well, add food coloring and vanilla. Mix
buttermilk, vinegar and soda. Add alternately with dry
ingredients to the creamed mixture. Blend at low speed
between additions. Put in prepared pans. Bake at 350
degrees for 30 minutes. Don't over bake.
Blend flour and milk. Cook until thickens to cream. Cool.
Cream sugar, margarine, shortening, salt and vanilla. Add
slightly cooked flour mixture and beat until fluffy.
